I kind of feel like it is Minato. No clan background or any special powers that were given to him, no crazy genetical advantages...
What do you think?
I kind of feel like it is Minato. No clan background or any special powers that were given to him, no crazy genetical advantages...
What do you think?
It’s Minato.
Sasuke, Boruto, Oro, and Itachi all had prime tutelage (and with the exception of Oro, the best genetics in the village). By 14 Itachi spent his whole life training under Fugaku, Oro had spent most of his life under the top Kage of all time, Sasuke had spent years under Oro, Boruto trained under Naruto/Sasuke/and a Jiraiya clone. Yes they reached great heights but that much should be expected
The others reached Jonin level pretty much on their own (which is why Neji should be on this list). The White Fang died while Kakashi was still in the academy, and he cleared the Chunnin exams almost immediately after that so he did it all without Minato. Even later he reveals Chidori as a surprise, which suggest Minato didn’t actually train with him beyond the basics (like Jiraiya and Naruto during Pt.1).
Shisui doesn’t seem to have gotten along with the rest of his clan enough to have been training much with them - and his eye technique surpassed anyone who could have trained him. Theoretically Fugaku was the only other one who could read the Uchiha tablets. We don’t hear of him being under any major Jonin or anything even in supplemental materials so it looks like he just kind of learned everything and dominated until it was time to teach Itachi
But even both of those characters has some degree of genetic advantage. Minato was just a random outlier - no impressive parentage to speak of. We know he trains under Jiraiya - but mostly after Jiraiaya has already identified him as a child of prophecy. The Kushina rescue and other feats (like his academy graduation) all precede Jiraiya’s involvement (and specifically his scores scale him above Neji/Sasuke/Gaara whod all been stated Jonin level during the Chunin arc). Even with Jiraiya’s training - they mostly focused on a fighting style he doesn’t even use.
He created the rasengan - and then taught it to Jiraiya and Hiruzen
He mastered the Uzumaki sealing techniques - and then taught them to an Uzumaki, before teaching Jiraiya and Hiruzen
He mastered FTG which Jiraiya had no way of teaching and Hiruzen didn’t use
He has a wider array of mastery and skill with the least advantages. No chakra power ups, no crazy genetics/enhancements, no magical eyes - he just shows up and does what he wants
Minato is THE GOAT.